tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42362511734352809212024-03-19T04:19:01.698-07:00Shiny Piecesnotes from an underground mosaic studio...Kirstinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170655851437158887noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236251173435280921.post-36515102254668040512013-02-10T23:10:00.001-08:002013-02-10T23:13:03.077-08:00changing blogs<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Dear blogger,<br />
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You've been good to me. But in an effort to simplify my cyber-life I'm moving the blog into my website. It's not you, it's me.<br />
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love, Kirstin<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://www.kirstingreen.com/">www.kirstingreen.com</a></b><span style="font-size: small;"> is where you can find future posts to <span style="font-size: small;">shiny pieces.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">See you there. This is the last post on this blog a<span style="font-size: small;">ddre<span style="font-size: small;">ss.</span></span></span><br />
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Kirstinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170655851437158887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236251173435280921.post-61266684077513565592013-02-06T11:13:00.000-08:002013-02-06T11:52:49.022-08:00finished mosaic in mumbai<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello. Yes, I realize it has been over a month since I came back from India and that I never finished posting about the final product. I just got so swept up in the final days of being in Mumbai and all that it entails to be a world citizen. Then, I reached home and went into hyper-naptosis mode for a couple of weeks, and then, I started working on the remodel of my website and the launching of a new blog, shopping cart, and web platform to operate my mosaic business from.<br />
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However, I do want to offer closure on this project, and announce that soon, I will no longer be posting here on shinypieces. I will be posting on my new website that has a built in blog. One day I'll transfer all the posts over there but for the meanwhile...who has two thumbs and two blogs? This girl.<br />
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So India was amazing, and our project was a great success. I will be attaching some images for you to enjoy. I am still processing how I will go forward with all the things I learned about these types of projects, about myself, about India, about everything. But one thing I can say with certainty is that all involved were happy with the outcome of our project, and that it was an amazing feat that we finished it in the allotted time-frame.<br />
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Without further ado, here is the second-to-last posting I will be doing on this blog. Next post, I introduce you to my new home. Enjoy the pics!<br />
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Kirstinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170655851437158887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236251173435280921.post-2889258038235316382012-12-01T22:02:00.000-08:002012-12-01T22:08:31.123-08:00let's hear it for the team<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I love my job here in Mumbai. I am sad that it is coming to a close and hope someone else wants me to do the same for their international school, anywhere in the world. I am just putting this out there into the subether. If you or someone you know works at an international school or other institution would like me to come and consult on a community (it started out as student-driven but has evolved into so much more) collaborative mosaic mural workshop, just let me know and I will send along a proposal to get the ball rolling. This is a magical experience each and every time I do it. This is my seventh student driven mosaic project and I hope to do it a hundred more times. (I also do custom work. Just contact me.)<br />
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I hope that all those involved will continue to create. That they will stay in touch and value the relationships that were fostered through over these months. It is difficult not to make friends when you spend so much time together! I want to thank everyone for their tireless commitment and commend all on a drama-free experience. It has been wonderful and I am entering into the wistful, nostalgic "I know I am leaving soon" phase of my trip, where I am teary-eyed much of the time... (each time I see something that reminds me of a memory or a person, which is a lot).<br />
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Thank you, Oberoi family, for treating me like a true professional, and an expert. I feel respected and admired here. I feel relevant as an artist and craftswoman. Thank you.<br />
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Thank you, staff of OIS, for supporting our project and welcoming me into the fold.<br />
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Thank you, students, for being sweet and uncomplaining, and for your dedication and good work. You created this wonderful work!<br />
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Thank you, moms, for saving this project. Without you, we would not have been able to finish.<br />
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That's right! The mosaic panels have been completed (except for the joining seams) and we were able to install them on the wall where they will permanently reside.<br />
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All this happened yesterday, a mere 5 days after returning from a blissful week of R&R with Ryan in Kerala, Southern India.<br />
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Now we have 3 weeks til zero hour (grouting day). Wish us luck!<br />
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And now, for some pics of our 1 week tour of Kerala and the Southern parts of India...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">crazy roads to travel on</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">most. awesome. sign. ever.</td></tr>
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Kirstinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170655851437158887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236251173435280921.post-49211741519614914532012-11-09T10:09:00.000-08:002012-11-09T10:20:22.074-08:00major progress, and a vacation for me!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">here is a composite photo of our progress to date. I'd venture that we are 75% there!</td></tr>
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We have made major progress. This should not be surprising, as I have not posted in 3 weeks, much to the chagrin of friends and family back in the US. Sorry. I am terrible at keeping up on these blogs. This is largely due to what some may view as laziness, but that I see as a by-product of sheer exhaustion at the end of each long day, and then at the end of each long week (I work six days a week here). I usually find the energy to order food from the restaurant down the street (they deliver), take a shower, and veg out. Sometimes I go out with friends or find myself entertaining guests as well. None of these activities involve me sitting down at my computer, processing a bunch of jpgs, writing about my experiences...you get the picture. Basically, being present has interfered with my ability to blog!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">stunning peacock done by a special new student and friend, Gayatri Oberoi</td></tr>
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Work on the mosaic is awesome. While I still have a hardworking and loyal crew of middle school and high school kids (and even a few younger ones!), we have grown our team to include teachers, staff members and school moms (the dads were invited but none showed up, I guess they have to support those families somehow). These days, I work throughout the day with these individuals to get a little bit more done with each session.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Japan, France and Scotland unite!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">no Indian mosaic is complete without the Taj Mahal...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">P.E. teachers have requested that sport be represented...they did the football themselves!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">palm lines drawn from the hand of yours truly</td></tr>
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Today was my last day of mosaicking before the Diwali break. That means that I am looking at 10 entire days of no mosaic, no school, and no work! Making it even an even sweeter deal is the fact that my sweetie is arriving in the morning from Delhi (he touched down in Mumbai last week, spent about 24 hours with me and then flitted back out of my reality bubble to go ride mountain bikes in the Himalaya.) along with dear friend and fellow San Diegan Andrea! I am so happy and excited for this interlude in my mad mosaic world. I have never "needed a vacation" so badly as I do now, I swear.<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diwali" target="_blank">Diwali</a> is the festival of lights. Or, as one slightly cynical friend here says, "the festival of noise and pollution". I will go with the first one even though the second description is pretty hilarious. It is a huge holiday for the Hindu faith and in addition to firecrackers, lots of lights, candles and continuously burning oil lamps, it is a time of gift giving, generosity and the eating of sweets. Sound familiar?<br />
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There are awesome lights going up all over the place. I bought a couple of little gems at a local market and am celebrating Diwali in my own small way in my flat each night with my beautiful cloth tulip lamps bedazzled with mirror bits.<br />
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We, however, will be going down to Kerala (at the southern tip of India) for some quiet, rural fun (and maybe some firecrackers too). I need to be somewhere that I can't hear honking and the grinding of bulldozers for a few days. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">after much deliberation, I went for the cute cloth one in the middle, in this color as well as one in pink and red!</td></tr>
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Let me see...highlights of the past weeks would include: an all night work party with friends and colleagues at the mosaic, a visit to a dirty and touristy elephanta island with Ryan and new Canadian friends, the eating of lots of delicious food (mostly paneer), shopping my buns off any chance I get, and mosaicking about 9 hours a day, six days a week. Oh yeah, I was in the press too, which I have been told is not easy to do (for free) here. That was pretty cool.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love this sign because not only is it pretty, it tells me I am in the peaceful, civil confines of the womens' car of the local train...</td></tr>
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Since my life is basically lived in the premises of the school, I am glad and eternally grateful that I like the project and the people I work with. I now have a team of school moms that I have trained in the art of mosaic work and who come each day to help complete the project. Without them, I would be royally screwed in a major way. If any of my moms are reading this, THANK YOU! You are making this project actually happen!<br />
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Basically, this mosaic project is one of the most awesome, and at the same time, most difficult projects I have undertaken in my career. Awesome because of the people involved, the support system at the school, and the way the project is turning out (and the fact that I am in INDIA) Difficult because of the level of technical details and the limited time frame that we have. However, I feel good at this stopping point that we will be able to finish without compromise on quality, within our time frame. And that feels good.<br />
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See you on the other side of my long awaited vacation!<br />
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Kirstinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170655851437158887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236251173435280921.post-32136612687783391522012-10-13T11:43:00.000-07:002012-10-13T11:45:47.791-07:00saturdays are awesome...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I am sitting on the balcony of my 21st floor apartment, enjoying the breeze and loving my fun, crazy, exhausting life here in Mumbai. Sometimes I lament the fact that I work six days a week, and that at the end of the day I am so insanely tired that I just go home, chill, and sleep. My one day off, Sunday, is spent sleeping, eating and regaining my energy for the next week of whirlwind mosaic work. Of course, I do my best to get out and experience the city, but most nights are spent recuperating from my busy day.<br />
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I am having some fun lately, and the only price I've had to pay has been a lack of sleep. My friend Andrea is in town, and we have been bopping around Mumbai after work, shopping, eating and visiting with new friends. She has also been helping with the mosaic and not only is she having a lot of fun, but she is really good at it! She is welcome here any time.<br />
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It has been wonderful but I am having trouble seeing straight right now. Thankfully, tomorrow is Sunday and after I sleep as late as I want to, we will be having our first big fun day in Old Bombay! On the list: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephanta_Island" target="_blank">Elephanta Island</a>, <a href="http://www.famous-india.com/markets/colaba-causeway.html" target="_blank">Colaba causeway market</a>, and hopefully anything else we can get ourselves into... <br />
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The school I am working in is a high quality private international school. The student body is comprised of kids whose parents can afford to send them there. The facilities are stunning, with a gorgeous swimming pool on the fourth floor, a gym on the seventh, and my mosaic "classroom" occupying a large outdoor space on the fifth. The kids, however privileged, are wonderful, respectful, and sweet. Smart, cute, funny kids, ranging in age from 12 to 19, traipse in and out of the mosaic space throughout the school day, contributing a class time or an hour after school. Although we do plug along, on weekdays, work can go slow and can be difficult. Overall, many of my students lack one crucial mosaicking trait: patience. They are eager to get the thing done, and pay little attention to the finer details such as interstices (grout spaces), andamento (how you set your tesserae (pieces)), and most importantly, glue messes. Plus, they are young, and previously untrained. Even so, they are all improving greatly with each week.<br />
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I frequently find myself at the end of each class fixing the most glaring errors, cursing under my breath..."if they would just do it right the first time!" while scraping up globs of silicone from the surfaces of someone's work, or prying out pieces of glass tile that are definitely too big for the spaces they have been crammed into.<br />
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So, this week, I began a campaign of personally working with each group that stepped into my space on the concepts of patience, quality control, and "ripping up".<br />
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My strategy goes as such: show the kids a section of mosaic done wrong. Ask why it is not up to our (new and current) standards. They always know what is not good. Usually it is because of too many gaps, no gaps at all, wrong shaped pieces (triangle instead of rectangle), unclean edges, or too much/too little glue. I then equip them with a pair of safety glasses and the proper tools for removing all errant tesserae and dried glue. And then I ask them to fix it. And you know what? Round two is always so much nicer. It is great to watch the empowerment that allowing students to rip up bad work and fix it does. It is part of the process, however annoying or delaying it can be.<br />
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Another surprising empowering tool is the initiation rite of the band-aid worthy cut. These kids, like my students in Ghana and the US, take the inevitable cuts like they are badges into the cult of the true mosaic artist. I think it makes them feel tough. And it's not like it gets better as you gain experience. Not a day goes by when I don't get some kind of cut on one of my appendages. Today I kicked a piece of glass and don't think I'll be able to wear closed toe shoes for a while. Last week I came home one night with band-aids on 4 different fingers.<br />
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In addition to taking our standard of control to next level, we are making great progress. Teachers and other staff are beginning to come regularly to contribute. The more they come, the more the advanced projects come their way. People are really getting into it, and I practically have to kick them out at the end of the work day.<br />
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And the best days are Saturdays. These are the days that only the truly interested and devoted ones come (for the most part). These people are my core crew and we get the most, best work done on Saturdays.<br />
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Kirstinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170655851437158887noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236251173435280921.post-32646890266039629412012-10-09T09:51:00.000-07:002012-10-09T09:56:19.898-07:00tora tora<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Every day, tiles get glued down, and things get done!<br />
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In Ghana, they say "small-small" or "kakra-kakra" quite a bit. It can refer how much money one makes to the amount of English they speak. It is an extremely useful phrase that everyone uses multiple times a day. In the States, I suppose we say "bit by bit", or "little by little" but it doesn't mean exactly the same thing.<br />
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Here in India, I am proud to report, they have a phrase that aligns itself to both the American and the Ghanaian version and I use it frequently, usually to describe both the amount of Hindi I know or the pace at which our mosaic progresses. Here you say, "tora-tora". We are getting this mosaic done bit by bit, and it is progressing small-small. But progress it does.<br />
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We are even farther along than these pictures indicate, as today a bunch got done but I forgot to snap pics. Enjoy this round and I'll be sure to send the rest along soon!<br />
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And I'll be sure to tell you all about the <a href="http://www.operationlipstick.com/" target="_blank">trashy book launch</a> I am planning to attend tomorrow night...</div>
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Last Thursday was the final day for Ganpati. I went down to the temple across the street to witness the immersion of the Ganesh idols. There is a large pool (like a big swimming pool) connected to the temple designed specifically for this ceremony, in which people come with their idols (from very small to very large) to sink them into the water, thus sending Ganesh back to his home after a brief visit in the homes of those who participate in the ritual. One great thing about India is that everyone WANTS me to take their picture, unlike some places, where I practically have to pay people to allow me to do so. Enjoy some fun shots of the evening's festivities...<br />
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In other news, I've been so insanely busy (or exhausted) that I haven't had the energy to blog. So it's been over a week. Admittedly, I'm the worst blogger in the world but I'll try to do better as I do love to keep a record of the goings on here. <br /><br />
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Work has been steadily going on. We are moving slower than I want but as fast as we possibly can without comprimising on quality and integrity. The kids get better each week with practice and patience. We are waiting on the last of our colors and I'll be grateful when they finally show up. Enjoy the pics...<br /><br />
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Other thoughts: Traffic lights are merely a suggestion. Rickshaw drivers can be the biggest assholes in the universe or they can be the nicest people ever. Middle school kids can do great things if you know how to work with them. Conversely, they can be the most frustrating beings in the world. It is difficult for me to reconcile the my work force with the quality expected of me, middle school kids (my main labor pool) are simply not ready for a professional quality large scale mosaic project. I love my apartment but would be just as happy in something much less fancy-pants. Really enjoying the new friends I have made here and looking forward to visiting old ones. I miss my peeps and my critters, but try to relish each day and be present. I love the fact that I can have anything I want (from yogurt to vegetables to wine to dinner) delivered to my doorstep. <br />
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Today, Saturday, was spent by me making the "substrate boosters" for the flags. We are doing our best to choose a cross section of countries that best represent the student body at the school. As a nod to how I indirectly got to this place, we tucked a Ghana flag in there for good measure. You see, Jill, (my friend here in Mumbai who works at the school, and who got me the job in the first place) and I met 10 years ago when we were both serving in the Peace Corps in (you guessed it), Ghana. She is now married to a fellow from here and has been in India for nearly a decade. I am forever grateful to Jill for helping to set up this opportunity! Thank you.<br />
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I consider Ghana to be my second home. No matter what I do in life or where I go, Ghana has a special spot in my heart. Since completing Peace Corps in 2004, I have been back seven times. Four of those times, we've brought groups of teens with us on what we call "service adventures". These trips usually last about 4 weeks, and the kids stay with us in our mud and thatch home in the north of Ghana. They work, play and learn and the experience is always life-changing for them. Using the P.C. model, we teach our travelers to be culturally sensitive and to appreciate the things that they take for granted back at home.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our awesome kids, posing in front of the mosaic project we did in Tema, Ghana, in 2008</td></tr>
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We are planning another service adventure this summer, in August 2013. There are still some spots open. If you know a mature teenager, (or older "kid") we'd love to send you more information about the trip. Send me a note if you are interested. Visit the website and blog from our last trip in 2011: <a href="http://gonnagotoghana.com/">http://gonnagotoghana.com/</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">in front of our house in Ghana</td></tr>
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We are also planning a service adventure to India during the beginning of summer 2013. Likewise, send us a note if you are interested...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Countries included in our flag banner: Lebanon, USA, Japan, Australia, India, Canada, South Africa, Great Britain, United Arab Emirates, Germany, Russia, China, Korea, Pakistan, Italy, France, Israel, and others. I wish we could do ALL the countries but there isn't room...</td></tr>
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In other news, our mosaic is moving along slowly but surely. Mosaic is one thing you just can't rush! It is done literally one piece at a time, and there are no shortcuts. This process is also interrupted and augmented by "festival season" here. Today was the last day of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganesh_Chaturthi" target="_blank">Ganpati</a>, the holy festival for the elephant god Ganesh. If I wasn't working, today would have found me at the ocean witnessing what I am told is a grand fete: the submerging of holy statues (icons) of Ganesh into water, as he is sent back home after "visiting" each and every Hindu family that participated in the ceremony. I wish I had been able to go and see, but my priority while here is the mosaic, so c'est la vie!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">happy Ganpati!</td></tr>
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Kirstinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170655851437158887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236251173435280921.post-17696318955875769262012-09-27T10:34:00.000-07:002012-09-27T10:34:24.668-07:00another day at the office<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">cutest. kid. ever.</td></tr>
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I'm loving my new job. Finally getting into the swing of things, this week has been a whirlwind of tutorials. I have never worked with such a large group of middle school kids, and I am learning a lot myself about how to instruct them. They definitely need more concrete instructions than the older kids do.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">teaching.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">practicing.</td></tr>
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One thing that really works for this crowd: tell them that crazy paving is like playing Tetris with triangles. You know that game? OIS students do, and it works. It's easy to make them laugh and I am learning how to make the difficult process of learning mosaic fun for them with jokes and other playful tactics.<br />
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Figuring out what to say to them really makes a huge difference in the younger one's performance. I am amazed.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">rainbow and clouds coming along marvelously.</td></tr>
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Other news...I got to step out into greater Mumbai yesterday to go shopping for glass and bling for the elephant. We finally located the one and only dealer of Spectrum stained glass in all of India! And he led us to a man who sells glass grinders! If you're a glass artist in Mumbai in need of this info, let me know, I'll hook you up. It was a fun day which included a delicious lunch stop for some uber buttery pav bhaji (one of my favorite south Indian dishes of all time).<br />
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Today we got a lot done and I hope tomorrow will be even more productive. We finally got our mirror and pane glass in (which we are using as a booster for the substrate under some of the thinner materials). The lotus flower in the middle of the design is going to be <i>off the hook</i>, as yesterday we were able to get iridescent pink, lavender and white glass. I can't wait to get started!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Projects manager Deepak, teacher Ulka, yours truly, and Ma'am B. Oberoi, (the head of the school.)</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">elephant: mapped out, traced onto plastic under a layer of mesh.</td></tr>
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Kirstinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170655851437158887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236251173435280921.post-38564785529777430342012-09-25T09:46:00.005-07:002012-09-25T09:48:04.884-07:00progress<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Today was insanely exhausting for me. I delivered six lessons on the basics of mosaic making to six adorable groups of kids. They even told me to call them my "minions", which I found hilarious.<br />
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There was lots of practicing, but I didn't let anyone start gluing until the end of the day.<br />
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I am so tired from working so much that all I have the energy to do is go home, eat and crash. Luckily eating entails a yummy veg restaurant just downstairs and up the road a little bit. For me tonight: palak paneer with rice and a sweet fresh lime soda. mmmmmm.<br />
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And tomorrow I can't wait to have a smoothie made in my new blender (traded for the microwave which I convinced the school I would never, ever use). I bought fruit, yogurt and honey. Bananas are in the freezer. (You do know that is the secret to a soft serve style treat, don't you?)<br />
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Kirstinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170655851437158887noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236251173435280921.post-76973950464925691042012-09-24T01:50:00.004-07:002012-09-24T02:10:07.099-07:00getting started<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It has begun! Panels are off the wall and on the floor. Tools and tiles are delivered. A small group of students have been trained.<br />
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I worked with 7th graders today. I taught them vocabulary words: "Everyone repeat after me: andamento! tesserae!" There will be a test and they will be doing a unit on the history of mosaics. Warnings about eye protection have been made. Tiny hands in big gloves turn out to be both adorable and hilarious. </div>
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Overall the kids did great. Better than I hoped, although of course there is a learning curve. We started with the smashing of ceramic tile and the learning how to crazy-pave...which is the careful arrangement of random shapes of tile into a cohesive color field. The secret to crazy-paving is to do the edges first, and then fill in the middle sections. It will take some time to master the technique. They like smashing the tile...a lot. Tile was pulverized. We'll have to work on that concept too.</div>
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They had fun. In this culture that values math so much, I notice a marked difference in the spacial arrangements. For the most part the kids today (my first group) were detail oriented and simply adorable to behold. We won't start gluing until I'm satisfied, though...</div>
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Kirstinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170655851437158887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236251173435280921.post-84798097211147044842012-09-20T23:42:00.000-07:002012-09-23T10:57:36.749-07:00Catching up...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Following is a backlog of entries, as I haven't had much chance to get online and post. Hopefully my posts will be less few and far between as I get settled. Enjoy!<b> </b><br />
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<b>September 18 2012</b><br />
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After a 39 hour commute (which, thankfully, included a 15
hour layover near NYC and a much overdue visit with food blogger extraordinaire
and old friend Elizabeth Stark of brooklynsupper.com & babble.com), I finally
touched ground in Mumbai last night. I was seamlessly conveyed to a lovely 4
star hotel and given the treatment I always hoped a traveling mosaic artist
would get: deluxe room, gourmet Indian dinner, hot bath and a luxuriant sleep
between expensive sheets on a king sized bed. Breakfast did not disappoint
either. After a cappuccino, croissant and fruit, I opted for a second (more
Indian) round of dosa, paratha, and sabudana. The song “I’m gonna maaaake it
after aaaalllllll!” kept popping into my head, and I set off refreshed and
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">this is what 4 star grilled paneer looks like</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I had a love affair with this king my first night.</td></tr>
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Which is a good thing, considering the job at hand: create a
mosaic mural using the workforce of dozens, if not hundreds, of Indian and
international students. My job is to make sure it looks good and goes smoothly.
Luckily, the support system I have here at the school is outstanding. Well
funded, expertly staffed, with the highest priority placed on student and staff
participation, I keep pinching myself to make sure it is not all a dream. I
wonder if I’ll ever see another situation like this one again. I’ve been
informed that this is going to be a media event and that prominent contemporary
Indian artists will be invited to see and participate. Teachers and parents are
interested in the process as well. The project has grown three times larger
than the original proposal and the time frame has been shortened, but somehow,
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Is this all really happening? (pinch!)</div>
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And let me tell you about my new digs. Seriously, I would be
happy in a mud hut. (I am happy in a mud hut every time I visit my beloved Ghana!)
I would be just fine with a simple, basic apartment or even a room in someone
else’s house. The fact that I get my OWN apartment on the twenty first floor of
a classy skyrise, with hot running water, a yoga space, air conditioning, fans,
two bathrooms, washer and fully equipped kitchen, swimming pool and gym
facilities is an unreal bonus. (pinch!) My bed is firm and comfortable, my
ginormous flat screen television (and the microwave oven) remain unplugged. If
I want cable and wifi, I only have to say. (yes to wifi, no to cable, please).
And I get to take a rickshaw to work each day. I am a five minute walk from a
tasty, simple vegetarian restaurant. (pinch!) </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">coffee and a view</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">my kitchen</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">my new sleeping partner. I miss my man.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have a yoga room!</td></tr>
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And it’s festival season, apparently. The Ganesh festival is
under way and I am honored to visit the house of my colleague for lunch and
festivities tomorrow. There will be eating and puja tomorrow. Then, either in 1
½ days, 7 days or 21 days (different strokes for different folks), the Ganesh
statues will be conveyed to the ocean, submerged and left there. I will tell
you more about this once I see it for myself but according to the people I’ve
been talking to, the party is about to get started. Last time we came to India
we arrived just in time for Holi, this time it’s the elephant god’s turn.
Needless to say, I’m excited! </div>
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That’s all for now. I’m so happy. I wish Ryan were here
with me. And my furry child Nana Mensah. But I’m not complaining! I’m living my dream and it feels
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<b>September 19, 2012</b></div>
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I had the day off today. The whole country is celebrating
Ganpati, a holy day for the elephant god Ganesh.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">offerings for the elephant god</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">transporting the idol</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">celebrating with neighbors</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">revelers</td></tr>
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I was invited to the home of my colleague and fellow art
teacher, Ulka A. A remarkable woman who comes from a family of artists, we sat
on the floor of her in-law’s house and made modak (sp), which are a sweet
dumpling with a rice flour pastry. Filled with sweet coconut flavored with
cardamom, saffron and jaggery, these dumplings resemble flowers and have a
pointy top, which I have been told is a favorite shape of Ganesh. I was
honored to witness the family Arati and Puja (worship ceremony) and to
participate in my own small way. Surrounded by welcoming, friendly people, I
never would have guessed that I was in the midst of national award winning
photographers and painters that have gallery shows in Luxembourg,
Singapore and Dubai,
and art in museums across the world. But I was. After the Puja I ate until I
was sure I was pregnant with a food baby. The food coma that ensued lasted for
hours and now I am up at an unreasonable hour typing away on my computer. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the lovely Ulka: artist, mother, teacher, wife, friend</td></tr>
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Before I went to Ulka’s family house, I attended the aarti
at my apartment complex. Women, children and men waited at the entrance with
offering dishes of sweets, spices, rice, flowers and candles. The statue of
Ganesh arrived in an open backed van following a procession of drummers and
dancers. We followed the procession and the statue, dancing and rejoicing to a
covered stilt pavilion to await the blessing. There is much joy in the air these
days, I guess. I have been told that I am just in time for what is called
“festival season”. Lucky me!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">arati for Ganesh</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Offerings to Ganesh. All his favorite foods. We got to eat them too, and they were deelicious</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">new friends and family</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">making modak for Ganesh</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">he likes his treats in a pointy teardrop shape.</td></tr>
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Tomorrow I go shopping for tiles for the mosaic. I suppose I
should figure out my amounts!</div>
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<b>September 21, 2012</b></div>
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Yesterday we got a ton of work done. Not only were most of
the materials ordered, but the entire design got projected and traced by the 8<sup>th</sup>
graders by the end of the day. This is good news! It means that we will be able
to start working in earnest on Monday.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">projecting the image. look at those little ones!</td></tr>
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This is one of the most amazing jobs and support systems I’ve
ever had. Everyone is so accommodating and excited about the project and I feel
very, very lucky. Kids are jazzed, admin is jazzed and teachers and artists are
lining up to be a part of the project. Considering how little time we have to do
such a huge installation, this is good news!</div>
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Today involves me going to a few tile and glass shops to
snatch up the last few materials we think we need. I’ll be going with the
building project manager and a driver to a number of vendors to do this. We
were going to go yesterday, but between Ganpati and the bund (read: holy
festival day in which idols of Ganesh are immersed into pools, tanks or the
ocean, and a national strike), shopping was out of the question. Today, it
seems there is a lull in these activities and therefore ideal for shopping.
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Kirstinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170655851437158887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236251173435280921.post-26756361629818503952012-08-30T11:16:00.000-07:002012-08-30T11:16:02.270-07:00going to mumbai...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
So excited to announce that I will be going to Mumbai this fall for a couple of months to consult on an awesome student driven mosaic mural at an international school. They even wrote something up in their newsletter about the project!<br />
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The design is still being finalized, but you can see the evolution here...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the art director's original concept</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I took the main concepts and rendered it into this more mosaic friendly version.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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This is by no means the final concept, but a good idea of where we are going with it. The mural is 24 feet long and 11 feet high. It is to be made by student artists, and will be ceramic tile, glass tile and hand made ceramic elements. </div>
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Kirstinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170655851437158887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236251173435280921.post-4047869737616390842012-06-26T09:46:00.000-07:002012-06-26T09:46:08.735-07:00oops...it's been a while<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I am coming up for air and to tell you what I've been up to.<br />
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Some of my adult student masterpieces:<br />
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I have been called in to restore/repair this groovy mid-century mosaic by Joe Young. It is installed over the bar in a gorgeous home that is an architectural gem in its own right. The mosaic dates to 1958. <a href="http://historylosangeles.blogspot.com/2011/12/joseph-young-mosaic-and-art.html">Here is a link to an article about the artist.</a><br />
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And this is a picture of the young Joe Young, working with a hammer and hardie. The mosaic I am restoring is smalti and glass tile. It depicts monuments of Europe, including Big Ben, the Eiffel Tower and what looks like the Colosseum.<br />
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It has gooey blobs of tar on it from when the previous owner "got tired of looking at it" and covered it with mirror panels. Honestly, people do the darnedest things sometimes. I am honored to work on this one.<br />
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I am currently teaching an adult education mosaic class. All students are creating their own masterpieces...<br />
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</div>Kirstinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170655851437158887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236251173435280921.post-79803317674572305662012-05-04T16:31:00.001-07:002012-05-04T16:32:02.291-07:00friday may fourth<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I've been away...but I'm back. Working on a new project for Tiff & Mike's house. This is to be their front walkway.<br />
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<br />Kirstinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170655851437158887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236251173435280921.post-67913390259400660202012-02-25T16:04:00.000-08:002012-02-25T16:04:04.798-08:00tying up loose ends...I'm leaving for Turkey tomorrow, then India. So I won't be posting here for about 6 weeks. I will, however, be posting on the veggie voyager... <a href="http://www.theveggievoyager.com/">www.theveggievoyager.com</a><br />
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Here are the last few projects to come out of the dungeon as of late.<br />
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See you in April!<br />
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-K<br />
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<br />Kirstinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170655851437158887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236251173435280921.post-25214150102365662642012-02-23T10:21:00.001-08:002012-02-23T10:21:07.218-08:00installed butterfly<div><p>Still some minor tweaking required but here it is....</p>
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<br />Kirstinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170655851437158887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236251173435280921.post-2379105992670919872012-02-15T21:42:00.000-08:002012-02-15T21:42:00.375-08:00tuesday february 14happy valentines day...<br />
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